Daily Inspiration

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Quick Tip Tuesday

Good morning everyone! It's Angie fromAngie's Paper
Passionwith a couple of
Quick Tips today about making cards and matching envelopes! I’ve also included a
great tip about cutting cards and their matching envelopes on your Cricut so
that they are sized perfectly together.

First, here a
little chart that I found from PC that has the most common card size dimensions
and the matching envelope sizes:

With this chart handy, you can tell
at a glance what card size fits into each envelope size!

Now, if you happen to own the Martha Stewart scoring board then you're
in luck. This scoring board has a chart included that tells you what size paper
to start with and where to fold and score for standard sized cards and gatefold
cards. There is also a tool included to let you make your own envelopes for
regular cards or dimensional cards in the size you need. It takes all of the
guess work out and makes it easy to just have fun creating your cards and their
envelopes.

What about cutting cards with your favorite Cricut
cartridges that have matching envelopes? There are many carts that have this
option - Wild Card 1 and 2, Everyday Pop-Up Cards, and Just Because Cards
are just a few. There are some carts that have cards and matching envelopes ‘hidden’
away. There are some on Cindy Loo, CTMH Artiste, and even on Plantin
Schoolbook. But are you having problems after cutting out your card and then
trying to cut out your envelope to fit that card? Well, all you need to do is
just flip the steps around. To get my cards and envelopes to fit perfectly with
each other, I always cut out my matching envelope first - with the Fit-to-Page
feature turned on. After I hit the CUT button, I watch the screen on my
Expression - it will say Calculating and then lets me know the Fit-to-Page
size that it will cut the envelope out at. I make a note of that size and, with
the Fit-to-Page feature turned off, I
then make my card and its layers at the exact size that my Expression used to
cut the envelope by using the Size Dial. Now you'll have a card and its matching
envelope fit together perfectly!

With so many card-giving holidays coming up, I hope this helps you
create those beautiful cards with ease!

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to stop by tomorrow to check
out the Wednesday's Winners!